[SMCARA] High altitude balloon flight to carry 6 meter beacon

[Mike Hasel]

Might be fun to see if anyone local can copy any of these, would make a
great topic for the Tuesday night net:)
 
73s
Mike
N3KUN
 
 
The launch of ARBONET-4 will take place on Saturday October 9th, 2010 from
the Paris, Texas Hamfest
(www.paristexasradio.com <http://www.paristexasradio.com/> ).

The Paris hamfest will be held at the Lamar County Fairgrounds, 570 East
Center Street, Paris, Texas 75460.

The ARBONET-4 launch is planned for 9:00 AM from the parking area of the
fairgrounds.

ARBONET-4, the fourth in the ARBONET series of High Altitude Balloon
flights, will be a demonstration and training flight utilizing beacons on
three different amateur bands: 6 meters, 2 meters and 70 centimeters.

The ARBONET-4 payloads are:

Voice Beacon: K5ARB - 435.025 MHz (FM)
CW Homing Beacon (5 WPM): K5ARB - 147.475 MHz
APRS: K5ARB-11 - 144.390 MHz
Hellschreiber / CW Beacon: W5BL - 50.500 MHz

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